Understanding your students competencies and backgrounds will allow you to change course towards a fair and accurate assessment of student comprehension.

As educators, we are challenged with realizing our students are stimulated by new and different learning formats; using more than two senses will help to keep them engaged and learning.

Students will appreciate and engage when they detect these personality traits in an instructor.

I have seen many teachers not prepared. I feel this is a big part in coming across as organized and knowledgeable of your subject area. The students are not confident in you, if you are not coming across as having your act together. many teachers have problems in this area and it is reflected in student surveys and comments. So, this is where it needs to start in being organized. Sarah

I think extra credit can really help many students. Depending on what you give as extra credit, you can really get give them good projects and/or great questions to answer on an exam. I think we as instructors should give students the opportunity to open up new challenges and offer variety with extra credit.

I think this module is very interesting. This is a problem that usually you just try and "deal" with. There are many techniques to re-engage a student and I think this module did a really good job at giving some techniques and ideas. There are so many variables when it comes to this topic. So many students have short attention spans, due to the bombardment of the media, videos, video games, etc. they want immediate gratification when it comes to grades and getting the class over with. It is a challenge to be engaging and also educational. It can be done, I am encouraged that we will keep looking for ideas and ways to engage our students. Sarah

I think that selecting instructional media can be difficult, especially when there is so much information out there to choose from. Students want us, as instructors to sort that out and guide and direct them to where they should go. I think power points can be good and bad. Good when you don't have alot of information to convey in a short period of time. Bad when you do have lots of information that may be critical to their success, to convey in a short period of time. I use all media in teaching and I think all are necessary. The students grow up in a "techy" environment and actually expect more media and interaction with it. Plus, as instructors we need to be creative. I think this module has given me more things to think about. Sarah

How detailed should the objectives be on the lesson plan?

Where can I find templates for massage therapy lesson plans?

More times than not Employers, guest speakers reaffirm our course teachings and excites the students as to the information being taught. Also employers give the students a first hand introduction to what they can expect from the employees stand point.

This is a good foundation guide to assess the students progress and insight to improving your outlining objectives and overall progress of the lesson.

We have objectives listed at the begining of each unit, Going over these helps the student to focus on these objectives as they read the chapter. Then asking questions at the end of the chapter reinovates the importance of the objectives. Also ths give the instructor a little more insight if a student may not be understanding the material.

Getting to know where the students are on the subject to be taught is very important. That also lets the students get some insight and comfortability with the instructor, allowing them to be in a comfortable zone and Quote: trusting their instructor is very important.

Would it be ignorant to give certain students remedial work if there are only a few who don't understand the work while the class as a general whole does?

it is very important for students to know that the instructor can be reach and can have good communication with the instructor. it is iportant to set hours of when student can call the instructor and also be able to respond within an appropiate time

When I began teaching my current course, I was provided with no more than a couple of books (student editions) and a few power point presentations. On top of that, I am a brand new instructor! After making it through the course the first time, I realized there had to be a better way than what I started with. I dove into finding better ways to make the class more interesting for the students and myself. I gained a better understanding of the material and found some ways to make it not so dull. This research allowed me to create lesson plans to incorporate the new activities. This made the class much more enjoyable for the students and myself. I still continually look for new information and more interesting ways to present the material. When you started out in teaching, did you have a mentor or good information to work with? If not, how did you go about making it interesting?

I liked the distinction between the two. We think about training students for lots of things but it seems that adding the instruction adds a new level. The description "helps students to think beyond the specific" is so vital to creating life long learners.

Power point presentions are used to deliver the bulk of the information in my course. Since this can be a bit dull (even with a jazzed up presentation). I try to encorporate material provided on the book publishers websites. Do you pull the websites into your instruction?

I moved from student to graduate of a career college only to return a couple of years later to become an instructor. While the switch from student to instructor was challenging, I felt having recent perspective as a student of the college gave me a better insight as to how to relate to and mesh with the students as their instructor. Has anyone else made the switch from student to instructor at the same college they received instruction from? How did the previous student prespective affect your teaching style?

One lesson I give is to explain to my students the benefits and dangers of social media. I have all students put their full name into the google search bar and see what pops up. More often than not an undesirable picture from one of their social media sites pops up. I use this to teach professionalism and how to be careful of social media technology.